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March 18, 2021 News

Joint Letter to HRVP Borrell on EU-Turkey Relations

To the attention of: Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President European External Action Service (EEAS) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of EU Member States Brussels, 16 March 2021…

April 3, 2020 News

The Coronavirus in Europe: From Lockdowns to Power Grabs

COVID-19 in Europe, the Central Eurasian Region, and Turkey

What are some of your biggest concerns about the coronavirus moving through Europe and Central Asia? Europe is one of the world’s epicenters of COVID-19 cases. There’s an awful death toll in Italy and Spain with the numbers of dead going up…

Military police officers patrol at a market in Budapest, Hungary, March 31, 2020.

March 6, 2020 News

Interview: What’s Happening to Refugees in Greece

How has the situation on Lesbos changed since your last visit? When I was here in 2016, I couldn’t imagine things being worse. We saw a lawless situation in Moria refugee camp. There were around 6,000 people in the camp,…

Migrants who arrived yesterday to Greece from Turkey eat bread as they try to warm themselves at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, March 6, 2020.

August 31, 2018 News

Joint Letter to the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict

To the Astana Working Group on Detentions and Abductions in the Syrian Conflict We write to you to express concern at the failure of the Syrian government to disclose more information about the deaths of arbitrarily detained and…

March 15, 2016 News

Human Rights Watch Letter to EU Leaders on Refugees

Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to you to convey Human Rights Watch’s profound concern about the proposed implementation of the European Union Joint Action Plan with Turkey and to urge you to reject the new elements discussed at the EU-Turkey…

January 29, 2016 News

Letter and memorandum to donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference

January 29, 2016 To: Donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference Human Rights Watch welcomes the upcoming Syria conference. It is essential that it should deliver a greatly strengthened international effort to…

March 15, 2012 News

Letter to Arab League on Syrian Refugees

H.E. Mr. Nabil El Araby Secretary-General The League of Arab States Secretariat - Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt Dear Secretary-General, Human Rights Watch welcomes the Council of the League of Arab States’ February 12 call on Syria to end all forms of…

August 5, 2009 News

Letter to Greek Minister of Interior and Public Order Regarding Migration Policies in Greece

Dear Mr. Pavlopoulos, We are writing to raise serious concerns about the human rights implications of significant changes in the Greek asylum procedure-in particular the removal from the refugee law of the asylum appeals procedure for new cases-and the…

December 16, 2004 News

The Case of Nuriye Kesbir

Letter III to Dutch Minister of Justice

I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch (HRW) regarding the case of Nuriye Kesbir. Ms. Kesbir’s lawyers informed us in November that your ministry appealed the Hague District Court Decision of November 8, 2004. Subsequently, Ms. Kesbir’s lawyers…

October 27, 2004 News

The Case of Nuyire Kesbir

Letter II to Dutch Minister of Justice

I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch (HRW) regarding the case of Nuriye Kesbir. Ms. Kesbir’s lawyers have provided us with a copy of the September 7, 2004 decision in which you authorize Ms. Kesbir’s extradition to Turkey. Human Rights Watch is…

May 23, 2004 News

Case of Nuriye Kesbir

Letter to Dutch Ministry of Justice

Human Rights Watch writes as a matter of urgency regarding the case of Nuriye Kesbir and the real risk of torture and ill-treatment she will face upon return to Turkey if extradited by the government of the Netherlands. We are also deeply concerned about…

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